Exit of the year: Marc Jacobs leaves Louis Vuitton

Exit of the year: Marc Jacobs leaves Louis Vuitton

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With the spring 2014 collection, Marc Jacobs ended his 16-year tenure as creative director for Louis Vuitton, during which the brand came out of the suitcases and onto fashion's world stage, thanks in part to collector's-item collaborations with Stephen Sprouse, Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami. Nicolas Ghesquiere replaces him at Vuitton, and as part of the super-brand shuffle, wunderkind Alexander Wang succeeds Ghesquiere at Balenciaga.

With the spring 2014 collection, Marc Jacobs ended his 16-year tenure as creative director for Louis Vuitton, during which the brand came out of the suitcases and onto fashion's world stage, thanks in part to collector's-item collaborations with Stephen Sprouse, Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami. Nicolas Ghesquiere replaces him at Vuitton, and as part of the super-brand shuffle, wunderkind Alexander Wang succeeds Ghesquiere at Balenciaga. (Joel Sageta/AFPGetty Images)

With the spring 2014 collection, Marc Jacobs ended his 16-year tenure as creative director for Louis Vuitton, during which the brand came out of the suitcases and onto fashion's world stage, thanks in part to collector's-item collaborations with Stephen Sprouse, Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami. Nicolas Ghesquiere replaces him at Vuitton, and as part of the super-brand shuffle, wunderkind Alexander Wang succeeds Ghesquiere at Balenciaga.